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Barbourville, Ky. - Willie Lee Carter, lovingly known as Papaw, passed peacefully on February 20, 2026, in Illinois. He was born on April 5, 1939, in a coal mining camp in Knox County, Kentucky, and was raised in Artemus, Kentucky. The strength, grit, and faith forged in those Appalachian hills...
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